Sadly, the sentiment on HN showcases the inability of people to apply objective reasoning: The primary indicator I saw is the diminishing sentiment towards the

Sadly, the sentiment on HN showcases the inability of people to apply objective reasoning: The primary indicator I saw is the diminishing sentiment towards the injustice suffered by TikTok. At the very beginning, the sentiment that TikTok were mistreated was quite popular. Or even was the minstream [1,2]. Now, the sentiment has shifted that "why MSFT buy TikTok, why not TikTok sell to FB/Google". Like what's shown here. To this date, except the broad claim that "TikTok is owned by a Chinese company, and Chinese government will force TikTok to share private information", there isn't a single evidence that is even remotely relevant to national security. I am seeing a lot of US company executives are preparing to break from China very unpleasantly in the near future... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016938 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23832183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23832183 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755863